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High Court's H-2A Case Could Reshape Agency Adjudication

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that concerns whether the U.S. Department of Labor may fine an employer fo...(read more)

Calif. Sex Harassment Cases Clarify Limits On EFAA Waivers

Two recent rulings in California confirm that the plaintiff's knowledge drives waiver analysis under the Ending Forced Arbitrat...(read more)

NLRB Ruling Redraws Arbitration Confidentiality Limits

The National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in Ralphs Grocery adds to a growing body of board precedent that offers ta...(read more)

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Unions Drop Fight Over Spirit Data Sale To Google

A flight attendants union said Tuesday that it and other unions have withdrawn their objections to Spirit Airlines' sale of former employees' data to Google in the airline's New York bankruptcy case, after securing new lim...(read more)

Fed. Workers Can't Nix Dues Anytime, Union Tells D.C. Circuit

Researchers, scientists and administrators at the U.S. Department of Agriculture should get 30 days per year to request to stop paying union dues, their union said, telling the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Labor Relations...(read more)

Trump Allowed To Ban Federal Unions, Administration Argues

President Donald Trump was allowed to kick unions out of the federal workforce using the argument that the unions threatened national security, his administration claimed, asking a California federal judge to toss six unio...(read more)

NLRB Official Bars Union Vote At Mo. Utility

A National Labor Relations Board official has tossed a representation election petition for an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local at a Missouri electric and gas utility, finding the company established t...(read more)

2nd Circ. Says Connecticut Cop's Firing Claims Were Too Late

A Connecticut police sergeant who has fought discipline for excessive force since 2020 cannot proceed with federal constitutional claims against the city of Torrington, a Second Circuit panel ruled Monday in finding that t...(read more)

Texas Orchestras Fight NLRB Bargaining Order At 5th Circ.

The Fifth Circuit should free three Texas orchestras from their obligation to bargain with an American Federation of Musicians local, the orchestras argued, saying they were within their rights to end their 30-year relatio...(read more)

Hospital Can't Redo Nurses Union Row, NLRB Says

An Oregon hospital cannot win remand of its case challenging a National Labor Relations Board order requiring the hospital to bargain with a nurses union, the board has told the D.C. Circuit, claiming the hospital can't re...(read more)

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EEOC Backs Fired Bank Worker's Race Bias Suit At 6th Circ.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Sixth Circuit to reopen a former bank employee's lawsuit alleging she was fired because she's a Black woman, arguing the trial court inflexibly applied a decades-o...(read more)

NC Sports Bar Urges 4th Circ. To End Ex-Manager's Appeal

A North Carolina sports bar and its owner asked the Fourth Circuit to axe a former manager's bid to revive claims over profit sharing, emotional distress and unpaid wages, arguing that she failed to offer evidence that the...(read more)

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EEOC Plan To Nix Workforce Reports Moves To White House

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved a step closer to scrapping long-standing workforce demographic report requirements for large employers, sending a rule that would end the data filings to the White...(read more)

Live Nation Ex-VP Must Arbitrate $35M Whistleblower Suit

A California state judge Monday ruled that a former Live Nation executive who claims the company fired him for blowing the whistle on corporate misconduct can't avoid arbitration, although he said the parties can bring him...(read more)

9th Circ. Gives Wash. Worker 2nd Chance At Vax Bias Suit

The Ninth Circuit on Monday gave a Christian worker another chance to claim a Washington state agency illegally fired her for opposing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds, directing the lower court to zero in...(read more)

Carhartt Hit With $100M Race Bias Claim By Ex-VP

A former Carhartt Inc. vice president who says she was the apparel company's highest-ranking Black executive has filed a federal lawsuit seeking at least $100 million in punitive damages, alleging she was subjected to raci...(read more)

Geico Bars Wash. Workers From Discussing Pay, Suit Says

Geico is facing a proposed class action in Washington state court alleging that its confidentiality agreement unlawfully prevents employees in the state from discussing their wages and potentially illegal conduct at work.

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Staffing Co. Loses Coverage Bid For Poultry Employee Suit

An insurer does not have to defend a staffing agency against a lawsuit alleging it shorted workers on overtime pay and cut into paychecks for required safety equipment, an Illinois federal court has ruled, finding that the...(read more)

Yale Health Network Settles Workers' Time Rounding Suit

Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. and a putative class of workers have settled claims the healthcare network underpaid wages by systematically modifying and rounding time sheets, Connecticut federal court records show.

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Walmart To Pay $7.8M Over Pa. Child Labor Law Violations

Walmart agreed to pay $7.8 million to resolve a state investigation that found violations of Pennsylvania's child labor law at stores across the state, including allowing minors to work more hours than permitted and failin...(read more)

Fla. Judge Finds H-2A Wage Rule Suit Moot After Replacement

A Florida federal judge granted the Trump administration's push to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that increased wages for foreign farmworkers in light of a new interim rule that has been issued.

Wash. Judge Faults DOL's Approval Of Farm Wage Survey

The U.S. Department of Labor acted unlawfully in approving a state wage survey that split farmworkers' piece-rate pay into separate categories, a Washington federal judge ruled, but he rejected a farmworkers union's other ...(read more)

Up Next At High Court: Pipeline Takings & H-2A Fines

The U.S. Supreme Court will wrap up its November sitting by hearing disputes over whether federal or state law should control how much compensation landowners receive for private condemnations under the Natural Gas Act and...(read more)

Court Keeps 'Willful' Question Dead In Home Depot Wage Row

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision to revive wage claims against Jack in the Box doesn't compel an Oregon federal judge to scrap a colleague's finding in litigation against Home Depot, the judge said, rejecting a challeng...(read more)